Improvement in quilting-frames



R. w. BURK. QUILTING FRAME.

Patented July 10,1877.

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- -ATTORNEYS" ROSWELL W. BURK, OF BATTLE GREEK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANEUGENE DARLINGTON, OF PENFIELD, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN QUILTING-FRAMES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,973, dated July 10,1877 application filed May 3, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROSWELL W. BURK:

of Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun, and in the State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quilting- Frames;and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof the several parts of a quilting-frame, as will be hereinafterparticularly described.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, Figure1 represents a side elevation, and Fig. 2 an end view.

In the figures, A represents a rectangular frame, of any suitabledimensions, and supported upon suitable legs.

Running lengthwise of this frame, and having hearings in it, are tworollers, B B, to which pieces of cloth are attached for holding thematerial to, be quilted. These rollers are parallel, and are provided ator near one end with the pinions O O. Beneath these pinious, andcrosswise of the frame, is a crankshaft, D. Upon this shaft are securedtwo worm-threads, e e. The threads are intended to catch or work betweenthe teeth of the pinions, for the purpose of giving motion to therollers B B.

The bearing at one end of the shaft is socured firmly to the frame,while at the other end,'as seen at a, it is pivoted, so that one end ofthe shaft may be allowed to drop slightly and release the worm at thatend from the teeth of the pinion. When the hearing is raised to throwthe worm in gear, a pin, :10, is placed under it to keep it in place.

In using this frame, the material is first wound around the roller,which has a permanent or fixed bearing, so that it can be tightlystretched. The movable thread is then thrown in gear, and by turning thecrank the material is wound upon the other roller, as the progress ofthe work requires.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The shaft D, with itsthreads 6 6, when one end of said shaft has a movable and adjustablehearing, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the frame A of a quilting-frame, of the rollersB B, having pinions O O, the shaft D, with its wormthreads e e, and theadjustable bearing a, substantially as and for the purposes herein setforth.

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my handthis 17th day of April, 1877.

ROSWELL W. BURK.

Witnesses I FRANK GALT, MARTIN METOALF.

'rnn'r OFFICE.

